Yáñez-Serrano Ana María, Aguilos Maricar, Barbosa Cybelli, Bolaño-Ortiz Tomás Rafael, Carbone Samara, Díaz-López Stephanie, Diez Sebastián, Dominutti Pamela, Engelhardt Vanessa, Alves Eliane Gomes, Pedraza Jenniffer, Saturno Jorge, Tzompa-Sosa Zitely A
IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
CREAF, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Catalonia, Spain.
NPJ Clim Atmos Sci. 2022;5(1):79. doi: 10.1038/s41612-022-00300-3. Epub 2022 Oct 20.
Early career (EC) Earth system scientists in the Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) have been facing several issues, such as limited funding opportunities, substandard scientific facilities, lack of security of tenure, and unrepresented groups equality issues. On top of this, the worsening regional environmental and climatic crises call for the need for this new generation of scientists to help to tackle these crises by increasing public awareness and research. Realizing the need to converge and step up in making a collective action to be a part of the solution, the Latin America Early Career Earth System Scientist Network (LAECESS) was created in 2016. LAECESS's primary goals are to promote regional networking, foster integrated and interdisciplinary science, organize soft skills courses and workshops, and empower Latin American EC researchers. This article is an initial step towards letting the global science community grasp the current situation and hear the early career LAC science community's perspectives. The paper also presents a series of future steps needed for better scientific and social development in the LAC region.
拉丁美洲和加勒比地区（LAC）的早期职业（EC）地球系统科学家一直面临着诸多问题，例如资金机会有限、科研设施不达标准、任期保障不足以及未被代表群体的平等问题。除此之外，日益恶化的区域环境和气候危机要求这一代新科学家通过提高公众意识和开展研究来帮助应对这些危机。意识到需要汇聚力量并加紧采取集体行动以成为解决方案的一部分，拉丁美洲早期职业地球系统科学家网络（LAECESS）于2016年成立。LAECESS的主要目标是促进区域网络建设、推动综合和跨学科科学发展、组织软技能课程和研讨会以及增强拉丁美洲早期职业研究人员的能力。本文是让全球科学界了解当前状况并听取拉丁美洲和加勒比地区早期职业科学界观点的第一步。该论文还提出了拉丁美洲和加勒比地区实现更好的科学和社会发展所需的一系列未来举措。
